Any situation in which a Service member is found or determined to be a risk for harm to self or others.

A psychiatric examination or evaluation, a psychological examination or evaluation, an examination for psychiatric or psychological fitness for duty, or any other means of assessing the mental health of a Service member.

Any commissioned officer who exercises command authority over a Service member. The term includes a military member designated in accordance with this instruction to carry out any activity of a commander under this instruction.

Any individual permitted by law and Service regulations to provide care, treatment and services, without direction or supervision, within the scope of the individual’s license and consistent with individually granted clinical privileges. This term is equivalent to health care provider.

All troop movement of Active Component and Reserve Component personnel resulting from a Joint Chief of Staff or unified command deployment for more than 30 continuous days to a location outside the United States that does not have a permanent military treatment facility (funded by the Defense Health Program).  This includes naval personnel afloat who...

The systematic monitoring and evaluation of the various aspects of medical care to maximize the probability that minimum standards of quality are being met.

The diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury also known as concussion is made when two conditions are met. In the absence of documentation, both conditions are based on self-report information. An injury event must have occurred. The individual must have experienced a normal structural neuroimaging by head CT or conventional brain MRI and ...

A lack of memory. Amnesia related to trauma, such as concussion, can be either antegrade or retrograde.

The loss of memory for events that occurred prior to the traumatic event.

The inability to form new memories following the traumatic event (typically not permanent).

Events or incidents that may result in an individual experiencing a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) or concussion.

A meeting between a Service member and a person with medical training such as medic or corpsman, physician assistant, physician, or nurse to ensure the health and well-being of the Service member. Components of this evaluation include reviewing the history, events surrounding the injury, review of symptoms, a physical examination, and a review of the trea...

Three or more diagnosed mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI)/concussions within a 12 month period.

Any member of the Armed Forces, civilian employee of the Department of Defense, or personal services contract employee under Title 10, United States Code, Section 1091 authorized by the Department of Defense to perform health care functions.  Also called DoD health care provider. (JP 1-02)

Any medical treatment facility or, dental treatment facility. This includes garrison clinics and such facilities in a military operational unit, ship, or aircraft, and any other person or organization outside of such facilities' workforce who furnishes, bills, or is paid for healthcare in the normal course  of business. This term includes occupationa...